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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
Jean de La Fontaine
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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
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French Moralist
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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